Title: Warm Bodies

Author: Isaac Marion

Publisher: Atria 2011

Genre: Zombies

Pages: 240

Rating: 4/5 stars  Movie: 4/5

Reading Challenges: T4MC - M Author; Paranormal - Zombies; Library; Book to Movie; 52 Books - W24

How I Got It: Library loan

R is having a no-life crisis—he is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow Dead. He may occasionally eat people, but he’d rather be riding abandoned airport escalators, listening to Sinatra in the cozy 747 he calls home, or collecting souvenirs from the ruins of civilization.

And then he meets a girl.

First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R’s gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn’t want to eat this girl—although she looks delicious—he wants to protect her. But their unlikely bond will cause ripples they can’t imagine, and their hopeless world won’t change without a fight.

Been meaning to pick this one up for awhile.  I finally snapped it up from the library and was pleasantly surprised.  I expected a fairly standard YA novel.  I expected sappy characters and ridiculous inner monologues.  Instead, I got a great quirky zombie novel.  Everything about the characters and storyline felt new and shiny.  Even the take on zombie lore was new.  I loved the dichotomy between the fleshies and the boneys.   I loved R and Julie and Nora and even M.  I read this book in one day sitting by the pool and it was a lovely afternoon.  Definitely a recommend.

Movie:

Usually I hate voice overs in movies, but for reason this one just works.  Right away, the movie dove right into the book with minor changes.  To be fair, there are changes, but they are small ones for the most part.  We lose some of the conversations and actions of M and the other zombies at the airport.  We also lose the piece with R's wife and children.  The big omission that I wished to see was more of the boneys.  I wanted to visualize the "church" and see the boneys with their Polaroids.  I wanted to witness the wedding.  But overall, I still really enjoyed the movies.